Lawyer Salaries. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that the median annual wage for lawyers was about $114,970 in 2014, with the top 10 percent of earners taking home more than $187,199 per year.ecent data found that lawyers with ten or more years of experience working in a small law firm earned between $96,250 and $161,500, while those with only one-to-three years of experience earned between $56,500 and $90,250.
A trial court or court of first instance is a court having original jurisdiction, in which trials takes place. A trial court of general jurisdiction is authorized to hear some type of civil or criminal case that is not committed exclusively to another court.
The job of a trial juror. A trial jury listens to evidence in a courtroom, and decides the guilt or innocence of the. defendant in a criminal case, and the liability and damages of the parties in a civil case. Number of trial jurors. A trial jury is generally made up of 12 people or criminal cases and 6 for civil cases. Types of cases. Trials are either civil or criminal. As a trial juror, you may hear either kind of case. Civil cases are disputes between private individuals, corporations, governments, government agencies, or other organizations.